쉐도잉 연습: How to Introduce Yourself & Sell Confidently in English Without Sounding Pushy - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

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Hi there, High Level listeners.
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Welcome back to our English Learning YouTube channel with Side by Side American and British English.
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We've got another business English class for you today.
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Have you ever tried to introduce yourself and your company to a new customer, but you struggle to find the right words in English?
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Or maybe you want to find the perfect way to explain what your company does
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and how it can help a new customer over the phone or face to face.
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In today's video, we're diving into a super helpful topic, how to introduce yourself and your company's services to a potential new customer.
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Yes, that's right.
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We know that approaching new customers with a sales pitch or a cold call can be quite intimidating, especially if you're trying to build trust and make a good impression quickly.
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But we think we've come up with another effective strategy
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and some perfect phrases to help you make a great first impression professionally and confidently
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and hopefully get off on the right foot with your customers and eventually make a sale.
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So our strategy for approaching new customers is actually pretty simple.
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First, introduce yourself clearly, which means letting the customer know who you are and what your company offers.
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Then the second part is to make your offer confidently and quite directly.
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We've got two different methods to help you do that in high-level English.
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Plus, we've got some really useful bonus phrases about respecting your customer's time, which will help you make an even better impression.
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So stick around for those as well.
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And we completely understand that having these phrases in writing would be very helpful for memorizing and practicing.
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So we would love to invite you to join us as a high-level listening member here on YouTube.
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Becoming a member means that you can get the PDF transcript of this episode and easily follow along word for word.
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So you can find that in the link in the description below.
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Okay, so let's get started with these phrases that are going to take your sales skills to the next level.
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We're going to introduce the vocabulary in two parts.
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Again, our strategy was first, introduce yourself and your company.
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Then second, make your offer.
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And we think if you want to build a strong connection with a brand new customer, you need to cover both these steps.
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Well, let's start with step one.
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This is introducing yourself quickly and confidently.
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I'm kind of imagining that you're sending someone an email or you're talking on the phone.
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The simplest way to introduce yourself is to say, hello, this is your name, from, and your company's name.
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For example, hi, this is Mark from EcoSave.
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Hi, this is Kat from High Level Listening.
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If you're on the phone, again, you could say, good morning.
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This is Mark calling from Waterhouse Finance.
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Hi, good afternoon.
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This is Kat calling from High Level Listening.
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So the next thing that you're going to want to do is highlight what your company does.
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This needs to be nice and quick, so you might want to think about what your company does.
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You could start by saying something like, we specialize in.
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We specialize in doing, make sure we add the ing, doing something.
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So, we specialize in helping English learners improve their business English skills.
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Remember to start with we, because you represent the whole company.
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So we specialize in streamlining office operations with cutting edge tools and resources.
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Another thing you can do is focus on your industry expertise or who you work with, particularly.
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Something like we work with and then similar companies
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or types of companies in your industry to do something for
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example we work with legal companies we work with construction companies and then explain what service you provide.
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We work with construction companies to provide them with sustainable building materials.
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And here at High Level Listening, we work with language schools to help English learners improve their business English.
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Now for the next one, you definitely want to provide a positive, something positive that your company offers, a benefit.
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So, something that's the most important.
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We help businesses
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like yours do something we help businesses like yours
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or we could say something like we help businesses like your business
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but instead of saying business twice we're going to say we
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help businesses like yours do something this is how we connect it to this customer right so we help English learners,
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we can also use it for people, scholars, teachers, professionals, businesses.
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We help English learners, like you, improve their language skills through useful courses and videos.
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Another example, we help companies like yours protect sensitive data through our cyber security solutions.
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okay so after you've introduced yourself and you've introduced your company quickly and directly
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we've also got some bonus phrases that you can add on to the end
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and these would be really good phrases to show
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that you have respect for your customer's time I understand
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that cold calling or contacting someone out of the blue might put your client
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or customer in a defensive mode and they might already be preparing how to say no and make you go away.
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But I think if you use some of these polite, courteous phrases, you'll sound more respectful.
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And you're also going to emphasize that this offer will not take long.
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I only need a short moment of your time.
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And that might encourage them to keep listening and keep the call going.
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And that might lead to something positive.
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So we've got four bonus phrases about respecting your customer's time.
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Kat, what is the first one?
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Don't worry, I'll keep this brief.
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Don't worry, I'll keep this brief.
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Don't worry, I'll keep this brief.
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Brief meaning short.
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Again, we don't want to take much time.
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Another phrase you could use, this will only take a moment.
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This will only take a moment.
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Don't worry, this will only take a moment.
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I know your time is valuable.
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I kind of like some of these phrases because you can mix and match and kind of stack them onto each other.
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I might say something like, don't worry, this will only take a moment.
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I know your time is valuable.
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Yes, you can definitely combine them.
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I'll keep this brief.
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I know your time is valuable.
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And the last bonus phrase, I won't take much of your time.
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I'll keep this brief.
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I won't take much of your time.
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Time is uncountable.
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So remember much, not many.
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I won't take much of your time.
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I won't take much of your time.
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All right.
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So those are the bonus phrases.
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If you string them all together, you can say, hi, this is Mark calling from High Level Listening.
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We specialize in helping students take their English to the next level.
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I'll keep this brief.
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I know your time is valuable.
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And then it's time to make your offer.
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So this is step two of our strategy.
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We're going to look at two different ways to make your offer.
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The first way is to say it directly.
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What do you do and what are you trying to show or sell your customer?
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We're not going to make questions because those are easy to reject this sounds quite immediate fast and quite confident too
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the first thing you can say is i'm reaching out
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because we can and then share your service i'm reaching out
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because we can do something for example i'm reaching out because we can help lower your marketing costs?
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Reaching out because we can help you improve your students' business English and employability.
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So I quite like this one.
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We can help you do something.
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That's a really easy one.
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Then you don't really have to worry about the grammar.
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I'm reaching out because we can help you do something.
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Easy, easy grammar there.
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Another way that we could say this, I wanted to share how we can do something for you.
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I wanted to share how we can do something for you.
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Now, you could say I want to share, but I wanted to share really sounds like something that you've been preparing in advance, right?
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So, I wanted to share how we can improve your students' English proficiency with our classes and lesson plans.
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Well, share is good too because it's not about money.
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I'm just sharing, just telling you.
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So it's not too pushy or salesy.
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One more example.
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I wanted to share how we can simplify your payroll process with our software.
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One more phrase when you're making your offer directly.
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I'd love to show you how we can do something.
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I'd is I would.
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I'd love to show you how we can and then help your customer in some way.
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For example, I'd love to show you how we can help your team complete projects quicker without compromising quality.
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Love to show you how we can take your students' business English to the next level quickly and effectively. So the next one,
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now we did a few of them where you're just going
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to straight up offer what you're going to be talking about, right?
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But this one, we're going to be offering it as a question.
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Now, sometimes people like to play around with where they talk about this in the sentence.
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Like our first one, can I share a quick idea that could do something for you?
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This might be at the very beginning of the conversation, or this might be a little bit later after you've introduced yourself.
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It really just depends on you and kind of your clients and what the kind of workflow sounds like for you.
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So, can I share a quick idea?
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What I like about this one is it is a question, but it's also time-saving, right?
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Can I share a quick idea?
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So, we don't really need to say, you know, this won't take much of your time because it's a quick idea.
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It shouldn't take much of your time.
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Can I share a quick idea that could help your students enhance their English level?
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Yes, it also comes across as quite polite because you're asking for permission, like, can I?
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You're giving them control in a way, and that often makes a good impression too.
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Can I share a quick idea that could save you time or money?
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The next way you can make your offer through a question is, do you have a minute to chat about how we can do something for you?
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Again, like a quick idea, a minute is also a short time.
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So, we want to emphasize that you're not going to take a long time.
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Do you have a minute to chat about how we can help your business attract more clients through marketing?
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You have a minute to chat about how we can help your students make improvements in their business English.
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Here's another even more polite.
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You have do you have and can I share?
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And to take it up another level, could I? Could I?
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So this makes it a little bit more polite.
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Could I take a moment to share how we are doing something?
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Could I take a moment to share how we,
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my company and I, how we are helping English students improve their business English with our study materials?
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Could I take a moment to share how we're helping others in retail increase their sales?
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So again, we're not using the word sell or buy.
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We're using share.
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I just want to share.
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I just want to give you this good news.
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And then you can decide what to do with it.
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Okay, so that's the full strategy.
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And those are all the phrases.
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Now you've got this amazing list of phrases and questions.
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And the coolest thing about all of these is
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that you can mix and match and combine them into any combination and they will still create a professional, polite and clear sales pitch.
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So to demonstrate
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that, we've made some short dialogues using all of the language in this video to show you how they work together.
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Each dialogue is a conversation between a sales rep and a potential customer, either on the phone, on an email or face to face.
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Kat.
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Good morning.
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This is Kat from High Level Listening.
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We specialize in helping English learners improve their business English skills.
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Can I share a quick idea that could help your students enhance their English level?
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Sure.
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Okay.
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I'd love to hear how you could help with that.
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Dialogue number two.
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I'm the sales rep this time.
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Good morning.
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This is Mark calling from Waterhouse Finance.
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I'm reaching out because we can help lower your operational costs with smarter financial tools?
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Sure, but make it quick.
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I have a lot of things to do this morning.
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All right, our next dialogue, I'll be the sales rep.
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Hi, this is Kat from High Level Listening.
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I wanted to share how we can help your students improve their business English quickly and effectively.
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Oh, okay, that's great.
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We've been looking for better resources for our learners.
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Great to hear.
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And our fourth and final dialogue.
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Good afternoon, this is Mark calling from EcoSafe.
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I know your time is valuable, but could I take a moment to share how we're helping companies like yours save energy costs with sustainable solutions?
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Sure.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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I'm kind of curious about how this could work for us.
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All right.
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So there you have it.
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Now we know that not all cold calls and sales pitches go this well, and that sometimes customers say no before you can even finish.
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So that's why we're also preparing another video very soon to help you deal with rejection or reluctant customers politely and professionally.
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So make sure to click like and subscribe so you don't miss
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that video when it comes out here on YouTube very soon.
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Yes, and remember, you can get a PDF transcript of this episode and all of our other episodes, which have every sentence and structure ready to download and take offline.
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You can get that if you become a High Level Listening member, and you can see a link how to do that in the description below.
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Thanks so much, everyone, for watching.
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We'll see you for another useful business English class here very soon.
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Thanks, everybody.
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See ya.

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